Parking is FREE at meters and ramps all day Sunday.
Meters are free after 5PM weekdays and free on weekends.

Our Downtown Parking Map will show you all the available parking downtown, direction of one-way streets, a handy reference of parking rates, and even the location of bike racks and electric vehicle charging stations. The Parking 101 booklet contains details on downtown's parking system, in one convenient PDF. You'll find info on our customer service and discount programs, parking meter cards, and parking rates.

Downtown Kalamazoo’s parking system has been managed by DKI since 1989 when it was privatized. Since then, this award winning system offers over 4,300 spaces of which over 1,200 are on-street parking spaces. Additionally, there are 280, 90-minute FREE spots located in premier retail locations, more than 1,300 spaces in three ramps. nearly 1,200 in ten surface lots and free parking at meters on Saturday and Sunday.

DKI’s Parking Committee, comprised of downtown stakeholders, oversees policy and guidelines through a Five Year Parking Plan that addresses parking rates, maintenance, safety initiatives, customer service standards, emerging technologies and programs. Operations are managed by Central City Parking, under contract with Ampco System Parking which offers the following programs and services:

Parking has been and continues to be an important issue. Long term viability of the downtown partially depends on the availability of conveniently located parking to serve employees, customers, residents and visitors. Its availability can help ensure that customers can easily access businesses and help ease concerns for those who are not familiar with downtown.

Planning for parking in a downtown is different than for any other area. Aside from the fact that many downtown buildings predate the automobile, downtowns are intended to be compact, walkable, interactive and visually attractive. Therefore, the provision of surface lots and parking structures needs to be accomplished in a way that serves modern parking needs while protecting and furthering the overall vision for downtown.

Downtown Kalamazoo Parking Mission “To work with downtown businesses, customers, property owners, the City of Kalamazoo and Ampco System Parking, to further develop the parking system into a resource for economic development in a fiscally responsible manner.”